We contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle.

一个通过征税求繁荣的国家就好像一个缩在桶里想把自己提起来的人。

丘吉尔

纯粹分析为我们提供了多种路径，并保证了它们的无误性。它向我们打开了一千种不同的方式，我们可以满怀信心地前行，确信不会遇到任何障碍。但是，在所有这些方式中，哪一种最能迅速地引导我们到达目标？谁来告诉我们选择哪个？就需要一种能让我们从远处看到终点的能力，直觉就是这种能力。对探险者来说，选择路线是必要的；对于一个想知道自己为什么选择这条路的人来说，也是如此。

亨利·庞加莱

想象建立在常识和细节上。

蒋军晶

语言是一种皮肤：我用我的语言摩擦对方。就好像我有词语代替手指，或者手指在词语的尖端。

Language is a skin: I rub my language against the other. It is as if I had words instead of fingers, or fingers at the tips of my words.

罗兰·巴特

唯一真正的发现之旅不在于寻找新的风景，而在于拥有新的眼光。

The only real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.

弗朗西斯·斯普福德

The man who removes a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.

移山之人，始于搬运小石。

威廉·肯尼迪

我认为我们已经经历了一个时期，太多的人被引导去理解，如果他们有问题，这是政府的工作来应对它。“我有一个问题，我会获得补助。”“我无家可归，政府必须给我住房。”他们把问题抛给社会。而且，你知道，没有社会这种东西。只有个人男性和女性以及家庭。除了通过人民，政府什么也做不了，而人民必须首先照顾自己。照顾自己是我们的责任，然后，也要照顾我们的邻居。人们太过于考虑权利，而忽视了义务。

I think we have been through a period where too many people have been given to understand that if they have a problem, it's the government's job to cope with it. 'I have a problem, I'll get a grant.' 'I'm homeless, the government must house me.' They're casting their problem on society. And, you know, there is no such thing as society. There are individual men and women, and there are families. And no government can do anything except through people, and people must look to themselves first. It's our duty to look after ourselves and then, also to look after our neighbour. People have got the entitlements too much in mind, without the obligations.